Typically it appears like Solange can merely do no fallacious. She’s a GRAMMY-winning musician, a supportive sister to the largest pop star on the planet — hey, Beyoncé! — and also you may even catch her moonlighting as a composer for the New York Metropolis Ballet if the wind blows proper.
As for right this moment although, the multi-hyphenate diva is deciding to faucet into her fashionable aspect by standing in because the face of a brand new marketing campaign for the Jacquemus x Nike Moon Shoe.
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Solo exhibits off the three new colorways for spring, together with “Chocolate Brown,” “Sail,” and “Gentle Pink.” Taking part in on her aforementioned ballet expertise, the silhouette itself is a reinterpretation of the unique Nike Moon Shoe from 1972 as seen from the lens of Jacquemus namesake designer Simon Porte Jacquemus. A go to to the Swoosh archives just a few years again impressed his love for the sneaker, stating within the September 2025 press launch, “I noticed a singular, minimal operating shoe that was each timeless and trendy in its simplicity and execution. I knew it was a chance to create a brand new story and reshape it within the Jacquemus means.”
Extra historical past behind the Moon Shoe and its newly-revived iteration beneath, through the Nike Newsroom:
“The silhouette contains a leather-based Swoosh and heel counter, and Jacquemus logos adorn the tongue, heel and sock liner. In a nod to the mannequin’s historical past, the shoe is available in unique co-branded packaging that harks again to Nike’s earliest heritage as Blue Ribbon Sports activities.
The unique Moon Shoe was born from [Bill] Bowerman’s seek for a light-weight traction answer that would give observe athletes higher grip with out weighing them down. He was struck one morning by the grid sample of his spouse’s waffle iron, with its raised squares resembling the precise geometry he’d been chasing, and he poured liquid rubber into the small kitchen equipment to create a brand new type of sneaker sole, leading to an early prototype of what would develop into the Moon Shoe.
Whereas a small batch of early fashions debuted on the 1972 U.S. Olympic Trials, the Moon Shoe by no means went to market. Its DNA was shortly tailored, nonetheless, into the 1973 Oregon Waffle and 1975 Waffle Coach, the latter of which grew to become Nike’s first blockbuster success, giving athletes improved grip and redefining expectations of operating shoe efficiency.”
Solange can also be no stranger to Jacquemus in in the slightest degree, exhibiting up final September on the Central Park Boathouse in New York Metropolis to rejoice Veuve Clicquot’s La Grande Dame 2018 restricted version bottle designed by Simon Porte Jacquemus.
In becoming style, she was decked out in a head-to-toe look by the famed designer.
The newest Nike x Jacquemus Moon Shoe assortment is obtainable now completely by means of the label’s webstore and its boutique areas. The “Chocolate Brown” and “Sail” colorways will see a common launch through the Nike SNKRS app and choose retailers beginning March 16. See Solange fashion it up beneath:
